Javascript Minus Javascript
summary
Rent the Runway spends nine months rebuilding product pages so the site works with JavaScript disabled; they use server-rendered React to deliver full HTML, return JSON-only state for XHR updates, and keep forms with action/method that the server can handle. Links and critical UI get modals backed by URLs instead of JS-only overlays. Acceptance tests run with JS off and mostly fail except for recent pages, proving the approach actually closes regressions.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:44About Sarah Meyer
- 1:19Theme
- 2:07Public shaming
- 4:28Working without JavaScript
- 7:22The dangers of ignoring accessibility
- 8:15Modals
- 9:21Good Routing
- 10:02JavaScript Only
- 11:13Robots
- 12:33ClientSide Monitoring
- 14:00ServerSide Rendering
- 15:59Live Code
- 17:34Recommendations
- 19:23You have one job
- 19:51Dark side
- 21:32Mobile First
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